Key specs
- Music Note
- A
- Frequency
- 217 Hz
- Dimensions
- 8.75" diameter x 4" high
- Brand
- Zen Singing Bowls
8.75" A/D# Note Engraved Singing Bowl Zen Vedic Series zva14100526
Size: 8.75" diameter x 4" high
Weight: 1410 grams
Average Rim Thickness: 5.7 mm
Average Fundamental Note: A 217 Hz
Average Overtone Note: D# 639 Hz
The Engraved style of the Zen Vedic Series is hand-engraved by skilled artisans onto a lathed, smooth-finished bronze surface, with each line, petal, and motif cut into the metal by a craftsperson working point by point. Unlike laser etching, which is fast and identical across every bowl, hand engraving carries the rhythm of the maker's hand, the small variations in pressure and pacing that make each piece quietly individual. The result is artwork with depth, warmth, and the unmistakable signature of human craft, paired with the rich, sustained voice the Vedic Series is built around.
The result is a bowl that earns a second look before you ever strike it, and a third one after you do. Whether it lives on an altar, finds its way into session work, or sits where it can simply be looked at, an Engraved bowl carries its presence in both directions, what you see and what you hear, and the time invested in each one shows in every detail.
Engraved Design
This Engraved Zen Vedic Series bowl is hand-finished with an all-over floral composition built around large cusped arches that wrap the body, each arch crowned with a fan-shaped palmette and containing a prominent multi-petaled rosette at its center. Between and around the arches, dense floral scrollwork fills every remaining space with smaller blossoms, leaves, and curling vines, giving the surface a richly layered, lace-like quality that rewards close looking. A fine beaded band traces the upper rim to frame the composition, while the lathed interior is left smooth and unadorned, returning attention to the bowl's pure resonant voice. Together, the design draws on the Mughal and Indo-Persian tradition of arched floral patterning long associated with South Asian metalwork, a bowl that speaks through pure pattern and craftsmanship rather than figurative iconography, where every line carries the deliberate rhythm of the engraver's hand.
About the Zen Vedic Series
The Zen Singing Bowls Vedic Series is hand-crafted in India by skilled artisans working in a long-standing metalsmithing tradition. Though singing bowls are often referred to as Tibetan Singing Bowls, Tibet itself does not produce them. The bowls associated with this practice are made across the broader Himalayan and South Asian region, with India being one of the key centers of production. Each Vedic Series bowl is shaped, hammered, and finished by hand, carrying the small variations and character marks that come with traditional craftsmanship. No two bowls are identical, and each one reflects the maker's touch.
Included
This sound bowl includes a complimentary Zen natural cotton bag, Zen organic buckwheat cushion, a felt mallet, and a suede-wrapped wood mallet.
The photos are of this exact Zen Vedic Series Engraved Singing Bowl you will receive.
The sound sample is of this specific instrument.
Sound sample includes the singing bowl struck with the felt mallet. Sound 2 sample includes it being sung at the rim with the suede mallet.
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